The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-19
Local and General Notes.

Tie Missouri Pacific interests in Atchlson Will
be largely if not altogether removed soon to
Kansas City.
In the second week of August the Big Four
road earned $50. OILS a. against 1913, $50 the same
week in 1886.
A company has been organized in Newport
for the purpose Of securing rapid transit to and
from New York.
Mr. Lee Cannon has been offered the superin-
tendency of a railroad in Oregon and has left
for the Pacific slope to take the position.
The Rasmussen cable railway system has been
adopted by the Neward IN. j. railway compa-
Mes and large contracts for immediate construc-
ton have been closed
The Indiana e Illinois Southern road has been
changed from narrow to standard gauge. The
Terre Haute car-works will build twenty five
freight cars for the road.
The Baltimore g. Ohio is running large cattle
train daily between Philadelphia and points in
West Virginia and Southern Ohio. A recent
train contained eighty five cars.
The Missouri Pacific and Denver, Texas e.
Gulf roads are engaged in a vigorous fight tor
right of way into Pueblo, thus exploding the
theory that the former owned the latter.
Assistant General Freight Agent White. of
the Bee-line reports the corn along the line of
the road fred and in poor coalition. The wheat
and cats crops, however. have been good.
The general officers OF the Louisville, New
Albany d Chicago are making an inspection
trip over the road. Last night they went over
the Chicago e Indianapolis Airline division.
Yesterday the officers of the Lake Erie e
Western road had consultation with General
Manager Sherman of the Red, White and Mid
land lines, over the question of rates and per-
cottages.
The Wheeling & Lake Erie stockholders have
voted to increase the capital stock for the pur-
pose of extending the road from Bowerstown to
Wheeling by which it will reach the Pittsburg
coal region.
The Pacific Mail directors will probably re-
duce it's capital stock onehaf. Proposals are
being received both here and in England for two
steamers of about A. 600 toDs to cost about $500,
600 or $500, 900 each.
The Canadian Pacific will expend over 81, 600,
900 upon its Montreal station and approach es.
near the famous Windsor Hotel, is to be COM
pleted within six weeks
It is stated that since the Boston & Maine
railroad made it's mileage tickets good to the
bearer over :. 900 900 miles have been sold. The
call for mileage books is great that the per-
sons having the contract to print them cannot
turn them out fast enough to meet the demand
On the 1st oi the month W. NJ. Hickliu will
become local Bee-line agent at the South Illinois
street Office. succeeding w. S. Jordan. who be-
comes travelling passenger agent Louis Hole
& S. and the c., HI. & d. at the South Illinois
street Office.
The Central Traffic Association met yester-
day. at Chicago to fix rates to the centennial
celebration o: the adoption OF the Constitution,
to be held at P Philadelphia en- Sept. Is next. The
rate made was two cents each way for the gen.
eral public and cent each way for uni
formed companies of twenty five or more
Never in the history of overland railroadng
have such large shipments of vegetables gone
East from California as during the present sea-
The shipments recently made have aver
aged nearly 100000 pounds a month, which
were the figures for the month of June. and the
shipments during July nearly aggregated that
amount
Mr.. A. G. Tumy has been appointed Eastern
freight and passenger agent of the Kanawha &
oil Wa with off Cbor
Mr. Tumy will have charge of the freight and
passenger business the line OF the railroad
and south of the Ohio river. Mr.. G. j. Erm-
Itch, general freight and passenger agent, will in
future make his Office and headquarters at
Columbus, o.
The Nebraska railroad commission has ordered
the railroads of that State to reduce their
rates about 20 per cent, on the ground that
schedules are that much higher in that State
than elswhere. 1t is understood that Vice-presi-
dent Potter, of the Union Pacific will be inclined
to fight any reduction in freight rates to the Bit
ter end, as it is recognizable is policy to make
the most possible profit out of Nebraska the
coming year for an argument in aid of extension
of time from the government for this road.